Administrative/Regulatory
Jan. 29, 2005
1930 Map of Green L.A. Inspires Urban Vision
LOS ANGELES - In 1930, Central Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted presented officials with a map showing a green Los Angeles criss-crossed with hundreds of square miles of parkland. The landscape architect, who went on to create parks in other large cities, warned that, unless his leafy vision of Los Angeles was implemented, the region would become unlivable, strangled by sprawl.
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